- •Other Forms of Address
- •Less Common Forms of Address
- •Informal Address
- •Forms of Address within the Family
- •Making and Responding to Introductions
- •Third-Party Introductions
- •Self-Introductions
- •Responding to Introductions
- •Your relationship to the two people, and something they may have In common, according to the clues provided. You don't have to use all the
- •Information given; just use what you think would be appropriate.
- •B. Age and Ageing.
- •Do any of the words refer only to males (m) or only females (f)?
- •Skill Ex. 7 In the following dialogue, agree with the first speaker. Developing Use words from exercises 4 and 5 that mean roughly the same as the words in italics.
- •C. People's Occupation. Focus Vocabulary
- •Countries. Languages. Nationalities.
- •It's Been Long
- •The Way to Ask People about Their
- •Less Optimistic Replies
- •Revision and Consolidation
- •I. Insert prepositions if necessary.
- •II. Rewrite and correct the sentences in which there are errors.
- •III. Translate from Russian/Belarusian into English.
- •Unit 2 Family Relationships Focus Vocabulary
- •1) Which two of these words can be used as a verb?
- •3) Which of the following:
- •4) Which of the word-parts in the box can be used with each of the relations below?
- •Interview with 16-year-old daughter Helen
- •Interview with 17-year-old son David
- •Interview with mother
- •Development answering the questions below. Try to use the multi-word verbs and expressions in the box in your answer as well as the verbs above.
- •When you are old
- •Revision and Consolidation
- •I. Insert prepositions where necessary.
- •II. Put each of the following words in its correct place in the passage below.
- •III. Change the words underlined to give the sentences the opposite meaning.
- •IV. Translate from Russian/Belarusian into English.
- •Complimenting People
- •"It's been long", "How are you", "Complimenting".
- •1. When we describe somebody, we tend to follow this order in our description: height, build, age, hair, eyes, face, complexion, extra features, dress. Study this example.
- •2. Eyes
- •With the definitions in b.
- •A Detective Inquiry
- •Role-Play
- •Test Yourself
- •Unit 4 Character and Personality a. Focus vocabulary
- •Word Meaning Ex. 1 Match the words on the left with the closest meaning on the right.
- •We Are Not Alike a. Intellectual ability
- •Attitudes towards life
- •Attitudes towards other people
- •One person's meat is another person's poison
- •It Takes All Sorts
- •Idiomatic expressions
- •Your Stars
- •In the examples below?
- •We don't get on well
- •Likes and Dislikes
- •Test: How brave are you?
- •The Main Attraction
- •Persоnal
- •Interview the husband and the wife of the year.
- •Proposal
- •Revision and Consolidation
- •I. Put the following adjectives in the correct order.
- •II. Use the prompts below to build up a description of a student. Before you begin think about the tenses you will use.
- •III. Cross out the incorrect word in each of the following sentences.
- •IV. Translate from Russian/Belarusian into English.
- •Vocabulary
- •Focus Vocabulary
- •It would be very interesting to find out the opinion of girls and boys. Do they differ in any way?
- •Revision and Consolidation
- •Unit 2 Furnishing and Decorating Focus Vocabulary
- •Furniture in your home to your partner. Use the prepositions and adverbs to help you.
- •Flat for sale
- •Word Use Ex. 14 Complete the following sentences with a suitable idiomatic expression.
- •Estate agent
- •It needs doing, to have smth done, to do smth.
- •Revision and Consolidation
- •Something suitable.
- •Houses and Flats to Let
- •Houses and Flat for Sale
- •Sharing a Flat
- •The Noisy Neighbours
- •Revision and Consolidation
- •I. A. Renting a flat
- •Buying a house
- •III. Put one of the following words in each space in the sentences below.
- •Unit 4 Housework. Household Chores. Focus Vocabulary
- •Ex. 4 Make and do
- •Now collect any new expressions you can find using "make" or "do" from the dialogue below. Put them on your "make and do" list.
- •What's your attitude to untidy people?
- •Unit 5 Pets Focus Vocabulary
- •Don't Get a Dog or Puppy Until You've Checked These Points:
- •If you cannot answer 'yes' to all these questions, please think very carefully before you get a dog or a puppy. Perhaps another kind of animal would make a better pet for you.
- •Are They Not Sweet?
- •2. Are they better companions than some people may be?
- •3. Speak about your pets if any or pets you'd like to keep.
- •Vocabulary
Unit 4 Housework. Household Chores. Focus Vocabulary
broom |
ironing boaid |
bucket |
mop/a sponge mop |
coat hanger |
peg |
dishwasher |
rubbing brush |
dustpan |
washing machine |
floor cloth |
waste bin, dust bin (BrE)/ (Am E) |
hoovri (BrE/vacuum cleaver (Am E) |
waste basket, garbage can |
clean |
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dirty |
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dusn |
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filth |
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neat |
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spotless |
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tidy |
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untidy |
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to be in a mess |
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to make a mess |
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to clean the carpets |
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to do the ironing |
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the cleaning/the shopping) |
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the cooking |
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the hoovering (BrE)/ to vacuum (AmE) |
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the washing (BrE)/ to wash clothes (AmE) |
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washing up (BrE)/ to do dishes (AmE) |
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to dust the furniture |
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to have certain duties |
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to make the bed |
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decisions |
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concessions |
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an attempt |
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to polish the furniture
to scrub the dirt off with a scrubbing brush
to sweep off the dust
to tidy up/to hang up the clothes
to wipe the dust off every surface in the room
Word Ex. 1 Chore is another word for a job which is regular and
Meaning unpleasant. It is often used for jobs around the house. Each of the speakers below is talking about one of the chores in the box. Which one?
ironing bed making vacuum cleaning washing cooking
dusting washing up window cleaning shopping polishing
A. Put the dishes in the sink.
B. I'd better turn it inside out first or it may go shiny.
С I can't really put them outside. It looks like rain.
D. Can you get me a trolley? They're over there, look.
E. I think I'll need that big saucepan. Can you reach it?
F. The bag's full. That's why it isn't picking up all the dirt.
G. You've left finger-marks on the outside and the inside.
H. You've missed part of the mantelpiece. I'll move the ornaments.
I. You can see your face in this table now - not that you'd want to!
J I usually change the sheets and pillow cases on Wednesdays.
Ex. 2 Here is a list of domestic jobs/ household chores:
the morning's washing-up the polishing
the cleaning the dinner
the breakfast the evening's washing-up1
the lunch the washing
the- weekend cooking the ironing
the sewing and mending the weekend shopping
the gardening the odd jobs around the house
the beds the weekday shopping
A. Put them in your order of preference from 1 to 16; number 1 being the one you most like and 16 the one you most dislike the others are you don't mind doing.
A Which of the chores above do you/ would you find most unpleasant? Why ?
B. Which of the chores have you done:
very often?___________________
often?_______________________
occasionally?____________________
С.Which have you never done?________________
Why not?___________________
D. You are going to share domestic jobs in a house/ flat with three other students. In groups of four, you have to choose four jobs each.
Ex. 3 Which appliances are used for which chores? What else are they used for? Example: cooker is used for making dinner (for cooking)
_____________cooker _______________vacuum cleaner
_____________dishwasher _______________ microwave oven
_____________blender ________________ coffee machine
_____________sewing machine __________________ toaster
_____________washing machine __________________ fridge
______________iron ___________________freezer
______________beater
With a partner, decide which 3 appliances (not just those mentioned) deserve prizes for being the most useful inventions for the household. Give reasons.